Improvement in cheese-cutters



J. W. BLODGE'TT 8v B. I. FELIX. Cheese-Gutter.

No. 218.478. Patented Aug. 12,1879.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE JOHN W. BLODGETT AND BENJAMIN F. FELIX, OFCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IM'PR OVEM ENT IN CH EESE-CUTTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,478, dated August12, 1879 application filed May 5, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J OHN W. BLODGETT and BENJAMIN F. FELIX, ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cheese-Gutters; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of ourinvention, and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are detail views of parts thereof.

The object of our invention is to facilitate and render more easy thecutting of cheese; and its novelty consists in the employment of asuitably-constructed and arranged knife actuated by means of a curvedlever, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable others skilled in the art-to which our invention appertains tomake and use the same we will now proceed to describe its constructionand operation.

A represents an upright post securely attached to base B. This post maybe of wood or metal but in either event it must be formed or providedwith a suitable groove upon each side of its face, said grooves to faceeach other, thus admitting of the rollers a a, which are attached to theslide 0, revolving freely and easily between them. The slide 0 isprovided with the vertical slot 12, and across this slot, and journaledupon both sides of it, is the pin 0, upon which is the small roller d.

E represents the knife, secured to slide G by means of the screws e e.

The hole for the reception of screw 6' in the knife should be -a littlelarger circumferentially than the screw itself, the object of which willbe presently apparent. The heel of the knife E should be cut out to forma small half-circular notch, as shown at f, Fig. 3, which rests againstand partly encircles the screw e in the lower part of the slide.

It will now be observed that by the arrangement just described we obtaina slight adjustment of the knife. The beveled heads or necks of thescrews 6 6 may either entirely fill the hole and notch or allow play, asmay be desired; for instance, if the outer end of the knife is to beraised, screw 6 is loosened while screw 0 is tightened.

9 represents a set or thumb screw on the face of slide 0, behind whichmay be placed a spring for the purpose of pressing with variable tensionagainst the post. This device is simply designed to impart the necessaryfriction between the slide and post, when it is found that the knifefalls too quickly and easily. We do not, however, regard the adjustmentof the knife or the employment of the friction device absolutelyessential, and therefore they do not enter into the essence of ourinvention. They are merely minor details, which may or may not beemployed.

1) represents the lever by which the knife is operated, and, as seen, ismade in the are or segment of a circle, and provided with a slot of alike character, though it is obvious that a lever without the slot maybe employed if desirable. The lower end of this lever is pivoted betweenthe ears h h on the base 13, and its upper end is bent in a ringtorecerve the handle F. The pin 0 extends through the slot of the leverD, as seen in Fig. 1, and thus slide and knife are actuated.

It will be found convenient to secure our machine in the cheese-safe, asthen the cheese may be out without waste.

It is obvious that the details or the exact construction of ourinvention as herein described may be modified without departing frdm itsscope. For instance, we do not confine. ourselves to any particularmethod of adapting the slide to work in connection with the post, or anypeculiar manner of attaching the knife to the slide; but

What we do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for cutting cheese, the combination of curved lever D,knife E, sliding block 0, and post A, all constructed and arranged tooperate substantially in the manner herein described.

2. In a cheese knife, the combination of slide 0, furnished with screw6, knife E, and screws 6 e, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we affix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN WESLEY BLODGETT. BENJAMIN F. FELIX.

Witnesses GEO. P. BLAIR, GEo. SEIMANTEL-

